Monday, January 07, 2019 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its website a final draft of the revised CBP Form 5106 (see attached), which will be renamed the Create/Update Importer Identity Form. This form is expected to be released in February when CBP plans to automate and […]
Friday, January 04, 2019 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report As of Jan. 1 U.S. Customs and Border Protection began enforcing the requirement for carriers to file an advance electronic manifest for Section 321 goods (those valued below the de minimis level of $800) transported by commercial trucks. As a result, carriers that make no attempt to […]
Thursday, January 03, 2019 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report U.S. Customs and Border Protection has determined that there is a reasonable suspicion that two importers are evading the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on stainless steel flanges from China by transshipping flanges forged in China through an intermediary supplier in the Philippines. As a […]
Thursday, December 20, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body has ruled that U.S. regulations on labeling imported tuna as dolphin-safe do not arbitrarily or unjustifiably discriminate against Mexico. The decision, which brings a decade-long case to a close, precludes Mexico from imposing $163.2 million worth of retaliatory sanctions […]
Monday, December 17, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report A planned increase from 10 percent to 25 percent in the Section 301 additional tariff on $200 billion worth of imports from China is being delayed from Jan. 1 to March 2. At the same time, China has announced plans to suspend a higher duty […]
Friday, December 14, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report As previously reported, the U.S. has announced a temporary delay until March 1, 2019, of an increase from 10 percent currently to 25 percent in the additional “Section 301” tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports from China while the two sides conduct negotiations on […]
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report U.S. Customs and Border Protection failed to ensure the timely collection, write-off, and processing of delinquent debt from importers during fiscal years 2014 through 2016 and instead settled for collecting funds from importer surety bonds that yielded less than one percent of the amount owed, […]
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The Federal Maritime Commission will assemble teams of private sector experts early in 2019 to determine the commercial viability of four ideas that could bring clarity and uniformity to when and how shippers pay demurrage (charges for exceeding allotted free time at a terminal) and […]
Thursday, December 06, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report In separate cases, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has determined that there is a reasonable suspicion that importers are evading the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China (by not declaring certain door thresholds containing aluminum extrusions as subject to these orders) […]
Tuesday, December 04, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report President Trump has agreed to delay a tariff increase on $200 billion worth of imports from China while the two sides conduct negotiations on longstanding trade irritants. In addition, Beijing has agreed to increase purchases from the U.S. in an effort to reduce its bilateral […]
Friday, November 30, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report One of the ways companies affected by this year’s tariff increases on imports from China can avoid or reduce those duties is by moving production, in whole or in part, to other countries. A number of recent press accounts indicate that use of this option […]
Thursday, November 29, 2018 Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report The Office of Foreign Assets Control reports that a U.S. company, on behalf of a former subsidiary, has agreed to pay $87,507 to settle potential civil liability for three apparent violations of the Ukraine Related Sanctions Regulations. OFAC states that this case demonstrates the importance […]